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Drumroll please... for the Road safety for school children

Suburb News Distribution Team Around 72 per cent of children Primary school children, in
killed or seriously injured on a particular, have difficulty judging
Mugs of hot tea and generous school day arise from accidents speed and distance. They are TONY BRAND
squares of delicious homemade between 8-9am and 3-7pm. The easily distracted and often act
apple cake (courtesy of Lorna) were short peak in the morning on impulse. And, of course,
handed out. Everyone was most clearly coincides with children they are small so can’t always
welcoming as I was introduced travelling to school. The after- see hazards – or be seen.
by Terry Brooks, editor emeritus noon peak is longer as children Within the Suburb, Brookland
of Suburb News, who stood at finish school at different times School, Kerem School and St
the helm in his bright orange due to after school activities. Christina’s have started using
SHELLEY-ANNE SALISBURY
ski jacket (definitely needed that The new initiative of placing the colourful cutouts, which do
evening) offering a helping hand brightly coloured cartoon style not come cheap (they cost
and moral support. cutouts near the entrance to around £150 each), but, at what
When I returned home an primary schools are a very price a life?
hour later, glad to get back to a welcome additions to our streets. Perhaps we should teach our
warm house and supper, I thought, They bear safety warnings such as: children the Green Cross Code:
rather guiltily, of the Distribution • Thank you for not parking here 1) Think; 2) Stop; 3) Look; 4) Wait;
Team finishing off the delivery • Thank you for driving slowly 5) Look and listen again; 6) Arrive
It was a cold, wet Friday evening. doors and was immediately packs for the volunteer sub- • Show you care park elsewhere alive. And maybe we should now Brookland School’s new effort to stop
I really didn’t want to go. But as transported into a veritable hub distributors – the ‘ground soldiers’ • Parking here could cost a add the following: Never ever use inconsiderate parking. These colourful
figures (six in all) will help to solve the
one of the new editors of Suburb of activity. An industry of sorting, who actually deliver the Suburb child’s life. the phone while crossing the road! problem, which exists everywhere!
News I felt I probably ought to. packing and ticking off lists News to the residents. But then,
I considered walking over to the amid animated banter. as I recalled the almost festive
Free Church, a less than ten This was the Suburb News atmosphere, the chatter and An inter-faith experience
minute walk away, but the dog Distribution Team, the people camaraderie, the offers of yet
wasn’t having any of it. I could who volunteer under the direction more tea and apple cake, I On 17 November 2019, there was
hardly blame her. North Square of organisational wizard Lorna realised I was definitely the one a well-attended gathering at HGS
was ghostly quiet as I got out of Page, ensuring Suburb News is missing out on all the fun…. synagogue, Norrice Lea, for an HILARY HALTER
the car. I pulled my hood tight delivered to our doors, issue The SN Distribution Team interfaith discussion jointly
and trudged on. It was pitch black after issue, come rain or shine. could always use more volunteers. organised by the synagogue and
and a bit eerie. I contemplated The volunteers meet four times If anyone would like to help Nisa-Nashim, the organisation
going home but then I saw the a year, usually on a Saturday with the distribution of our which brings Muslim and Jewish
light, so to speak. It was coming morning, but, this time, the local paper, it would be much women together – the name, of
from a small window to the side Rugby World Cup had taken appreciated. Please contact Lorna course, being the translation of
of the Free Church’s main entrance. priority hence the Friday night at lornapage@talktalk.net. the word ‘women’ in Arabic and
I pushed open the large wooden antics. It was a jolly atmosphere. SHELLEY-ANNE SALISBURY Hebrew. There are now some 25
groups in the country which
Proms at St Jude’s 2020 meet regularly to socialise and
hold inter-faith events.
The subject of the event was
– make it a million milestone the significance of head covering
in both the Jewish and Muslim
There’s a spectacular line-up of • Following their show-stopping songs from Rachmaninov to Tallis. faiths. For the Muslim community,
concerts planned for the Proms performance of ‘Stand By Me’ at This will include the world the speaker was Sahar Zahid, co-
at St Jude’s 2020 Festival. the Royal Wedding in 2018, premiere of a new commission chair of the Nisa-Nashim’s Golders
Running from 27 June to 5 July, The Kingdom Choir will sing a ‘The Innocents’, about the sinking Green Group, with Rabbanit Batya
musical highlights will include: mix of gospel and songs from of the SS City of Benares when Friedman speaking for the Jewish
• Aurora Orchestra with soloists their album. they will be joined by the community.
Sarah Connolly and Andrew • Sir Willard White returns Finchley Children’s Music Group. The proceedings were chaired
Staples performing Mahler’s Das with Counterpoise to trace the Over the past 28 years, the by one of the Suburb News
Lied von der Erde. progress of music from ragtime, Festival has grown in size, quality editors, Shelley-Anne Salisbury,
• Opera Gala Evening performed blues and jazz. and reputation, with 5,500 people who started by introducing the
by the Orion Orchestra with • The highly successful British from all over London attending. co-chairs of the Nisa-Nashim’s
favourites by Puccini, Verdi, vocal ensemble VOCES8 will In 2020, Proms hopes to reach a Southgate Group, Diane Greenberg There are, in Islam, of course, “We are living in a foreign
Donizetti and Bellini. perform a wide programme of very special milestone – one and Anna Hussain, who spoke many types of head covering country. We must show that we
Sir Willard White million pounds raised for charity of the many activities they with which we have become are Muslim.”
since it began in 1993. carry out together, including, familiar, from the hijab which Rabbanit Batya explained that
Concerts will take place at celebrating the various festivals covers the head but not the face, married Jewish woman, wear a
St Jude’s in Central Square. To and raising money for charities. the niqab which only leaves the sheitel (wig) for spiritual reasons.
book online and to find out Monies were recently raised for
more visit www.promsatstjudes. an interfaith prayer room at the area around the eyes clear to Both she and Sahar questioned
just how modest it was when
the burka which covers the
org.uk. Friends enjoy priority hospice. As Anna Hussain said , entire body. Sahar says that The women of both faiths go to great
booking and other privileges, so “There is more that unites us Koran does not specify that the lengths to achieve as attractive
if you want to guarantee your than divides us.”
seats, join now by going online Sahar, who grew up locally face should be covered. It calls a result as possible by adding high-
upon men and women to behave
lights to a sheitel and wearing
and clicking on Friends. Public and now teaches part-time at with decency and respect (i.e increasingly ornamental hijabs
booking opens on 27 April, Haberdashers Boys’ School, decided
with earlier dates for Friends. to start wearing a hijab as a being modest). Some Muslim which must take hours to put on.
There was a lively question
For further information contact teenager. This was in spite of women choose not to wear and answer session with plenty
head coverings. Sahar was asked
ron.finlay@promsatstjudes.org.uk,
GAD_Wills-ProbateSuburbNews_137mm x 210mm_Layout 1 12/03/2019 14:45 Page 1 the fact that she did not come at what age Muslim girls start to of audience participation. The
07779 013093. from a family where women cover their heads, she replied evening, enjoyed by all, was
covered. Her mother said to her,
“Are you sure that this is what you that it is a matter of choice. It informative and carried out in an
really starts when a girl reaches
atmosphere of relaxed friendliness.
want do to? Once decided, there puberty but often they choose
We’ll cross the t’s it’s a question of her relationship to start much sooner. She thinks Edited version of article by Hilary
can be no going back.” Sahar says
that some Muslim families feel, Halter editor of The Norrice Leader
with God. It makes her feel
spiritually closer to her faith.
and dot the i’s.
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